All General aviation articles – Page 568
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Koreans buy Challenger for maritime surveillance
The South Korean government has ordered a Challenger 604 business jet for its National Maritime Police for a surveillance role. The aircraft is scheduled to enter service in the second quarter of 2001. This is the first of up to five aircraft required by the Koreans for this ...
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US FAA proposes new standards
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to revise and tighten its standards for aircraft maintenance performed at all US repair stations, as well as foreign repair stations performing work on US aircraft. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that the FAA has issued for the rule change would ...
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Floor lighting system puts fluorescence to work
Geoff Thomas Airlines and their passengers all get frustrated by delays - especially if the cause is something as simple as the emergency floor-level lighting not working. Wiring can become damaged, bulbs may fail or the emergency battery could be discharged; whatever the cause, the problem puts non-operational ...
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Sukhoi/MAPO MiG teams join forces
Geoff Thomas Pressure from the Russian government on Sukhoi Design Bureau and MAPO MiG to work more closely together appears finally to be bearing fruit. Speaking in Paris yesterday, Sukhoi design bureau chief Mikhail Simonov announced that his organisation would be joining forces with MAPO MiG to develop ...
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Waterbomber set for passenger role
Alan Peaford A new sector in the regional aircraft market was confirmed yesterday when Beta Air outlined its plans to offer a 72-seat passenger version of its jet-powered waterbomber. The Be-200 has impressed the crowds at Le Bourget with its fire-fighting capabilities, dropping 6,000 tonnes of water in ...
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Landmark delivery for Eurocopter EC135
Paul Derby Eurocopter's EC135 twin-engined helicopter programme reached a landmark at Paris yesterday. The manufacturer delivered the 100th EC135 to the helicopter unit of the Bavarian police force at the show and says that confirmed sales now stand at 160. The force has now received eight of the ...
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Falcon 900C earns its French wings
The Dassault Falcon 900C has received certification from the French Direction Generale de L'Aviation Civile (DGAC) during the show week. The 900C business jet, which replaces the 900B version, includes an advanced avionics package taken from the longer-range 900EX. The aircraft has a range of 4,000nm (7,400km) ...
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Optical fibres are light years ahead of wires
Mark Hannant The lid came off the world's first optically powered aircraft fuel quantity control indicating system at the show yesterday. By eliminating all electrical connections between an aircraft fuel tank and its avionics and power busses, the application, developed by Raytheon and Smiths Industries, will improve reliability. ...
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LCD displays top billing at Paris
Forget your dials, gauges and clocks, the liquid crystal display panel is king at Le Bourget this year as a trip around the halls will confirm. Once the domain of cheap watches and children's games, the LCD has moved on from its "only available in greeny-black" days to give ...
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Transponder designed to meet needs of the future
Steve Nichols AlliedSignal is looking for both US and worldwide approval for its new Enhanced TRA 67A Mode S transponder. It has already received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), but it has also been designed to meet the new Change 7 and ...
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Links extended
Dassault Aviation and FlightSafety International are to extend their long-term business relationship, the two companies said yesterday. An agreement, signed at the show, covers the training of Dassault Falcon pilots and maintenance technicians at Le Bourget until the end of 2011. FlightSafety International says advanced flight simulators and ...
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Gulfstream first
The first operator to achieve 1,000 flight hours in an ultra-long-range Gulfstream V business jet has been honoured here at Paris. Peter Fried, owner of GV Executive Charter, a Swiss-based transport provider, received the award from Gulfstream. "As the Gulfstream V begins its third year of customer service, ...
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Synthetic vision
Rockwell Collins is to lead a team formed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop synthetic vision technology. The synthetic vision information system (SVIS) provides cockpit displays to give flight crews clear views of their surroundings in bad weather and darkness. The award will fund advancement ...
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Cirrus SR20 training
Cirrus Design's single-engined SR20 is due for first delivery by the end of the month. Seven aircraft are in the final assembly process at the company's Duluth, Minnesota base. Cirrus will offer a two-day transition-training course for all SR20 customers through its authorised flight training, which will cover aircraft, systems, ...
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Be-200 has Paris debut
The Beriev Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian is on display at Paris for the first time. The aircraft made its maiden flight last September from the Irkutsk Aviation Production Organisation factory on Siberia. Offered in firefighting, passenger, search and rescue, and air ambulance configurations, the Be-200 is expected to make its first ...
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Bell ponders launch of improved 412+
Paul Derby Bell Helicopter is still pondering whether it makes sense to launch an improved Model 412+ helicopter and says it will announce its plans by the end of the year. If the go-ahead is given, the project would be a Bell Agusta-driven programme, adding to the BA609 ...
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French carrier signs for freight TBM700
Socata has signed a deal with French airline Air Open Sky under which the carrier will lease a freighter version of the TBM700 turbine single for trials leading to an order for up to five aircraft. A similar deal is being negotiated with Swedish cargo carrier Air West Sweden. ...
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Il-96 marks a first with US certification
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter has become the first Russian commercial transport to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification, clearing the way for deliveries to begin to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines. The four-engined widebody, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337s and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, won Federal ...
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Proteus takes delivery of another Agusta helicopter
French helicopter operator Proteus yesterday took delivery of an Agusta A109 Power and lodged options for four more aircraft with the Italian manufacturer. Proteus already operates a fleet of four A109s from several bases in France and intends to use this aircraft in an EMS role. Agusta says its ...
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Airborne police
Enstrom Helicopters has supplied the Fresno police department in California with an F28F-P helicopter, expanding its law enforcement fleet to three. Fresno's airborne unit began life via an unusual, community-wide fundraising effort. Residents launched a campaign to raise enough money to pay for an initial aircraft, under the ...